Year-End Appeal 2024: Honoring the past. Impacting the present. Building the future.
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read morePay or Stay: The Fight to Abolish St. Louis’s Debtors’ Prisons
“Pay or Stay” is a collection of research, stories, and reflections from ACD’s mission to combat the criminalization of poverty, of which the fight to abolish debtors’ prisons has...
read more“Empty Not Closed: Disappearing the Workhouse for Good” Trailer
In partnership with HLK, ACD is developing a documentary that explores the campaign and litigation to close St. Louis’s notoriously hellish jail, known as the Workhouse. Watch the trailer...
read moreUnder the Arch: Season 5
ArchCity Defenders and Action St. Louis present the premiere collaborative podcast, “Under The Arch.” Your hosts Blake Strode, Executive Director of ArchCity Defenders, and Kayla Reed, Director of Action...
read moreProsector Watch: An Introduction
Prosecutors have immense power within the criminal legal system and toooften they wield power by creating long-lasting harm in the lives of people,disproportionately for those who are Black and...
read morePro Se STL: Guide to Expunging Your Criminal Record in Missouri
ArchCity Defenders’ initiatives to expunge records stems from our acknowledgement that, in many cases, criminal records are the result of an overwhelmingly punitive and anti-Black legal system that makes...
read morePro Se STL: A Guide for Renters Finding and Moving into Housing in Missouri
This Guide is part of ACD’s #ProSeSTL series. We created this guide to help you know your rights as a Missouri renter before and after you sign a lease.
read moreDefund ShotSpotter: A Community Toolkit
A Community Toolkit that explores the need to defund the surveillance technology used by SLMPD.
read more2023-2024 Annual Report
A special edition celebrating 15 years of holistic legal advocacy and highlighting key moments from 2023 to 2024
read more2024 Municipal Courts White Paper | In the Rearview Mirror: St. Louis’s Municipal Courts After a Decade of Reform and Regress
In 2013, the municipal courts of St. Louis City and County collected $61,152,087 in fines and fees, 46% of the statewide total despite being home to only 22% of...
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